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Railways, roads & transport, 1943

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 203

Domestic Motor Drive on Employer's Petrol

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 April 1943 · page 9

"I WANTED to take the family out A and I was a gallon short. I only get three gallons of petrol a month, and I can use that in five minutes,"…

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Abrasions Only Injury in Fall Under Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Charles Shaw (19), of Speer's Point, escaped with abrasions when he fell between a moving train and the…

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Abrasions Only Injury in Fall Under Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Charles Shaw (19), of Speer's Point, escaped with abrasions when he fell between a moving train and the…

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Abrasions Only Injury in Fall Under Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Charles Shaw (19), of Speer's Point, escaped with abrasions when he fell between a moving train and the…

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Motors & Motoring Farm Tractor

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 5

FILLING the grease gun is a rather dirty job, unless it is fitted with a patent aller. The gun and its contents must be kept…

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Motor Lights

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 5

HINTS emanating from Melbourne that motor vehicle lighting within the coastal strip may again have to be restricted are described by the general…

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Bike and Motor Cycle Collide

Nepean Times · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 2

About 10.30 a.m. on 1st inst Oliver Walter Waters, of 295 Edgecliff Road, Wollahra, was riding a motor cycle in an easterly direction in High Street,…

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Soviet Railway Aids Chinese

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 6

LONDON, April 7 (A.A.P.).— A Stockholm message says that, according to a German magazine, the Russians are operating…

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Radios Upset By Trams

The Sun · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 3

Reception of nearly every radio near a tram line has been interfered with by trams in the…

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Italians Chased From Baru Leave Motor Fleet Behind for Allies

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 3

NEW DELHI, Thursday.--When the Italians fled from Baru, in the Western Desert, they left behind hundreds of vehicle chassis. THEY may have thought that…

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Trams Causing Radio Noises

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 4

Interference to wireless sets near tramlines is believed to be caused by the readjustment of tram speeds to meet brownout…

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Trams Causing Radio Noises

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 4

Interference to wireless sets near tramlines is believed to be caused by the readjustment of tram speeds to meet brownout…

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Italians Chased From Baru Leave Motor Fleet Behind for Allies

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 3

NEW DELHI, Thursday.--When the Italians fled from Baru, in the Western Desert, they left behind hundreds of vehicle chassis. THEY may have thought that…

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Trams Causing Radio Noises

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 4

Interference to wireless sets near tramlines is believed to be caused by the readjustment of tram speeds to meet brownout…

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"Sardine Train For Workers

The Sun · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 3

Munition workers at two suburban factories complained bitterly today of the train connection between the main line and their work…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Hard Road for Rommel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 12

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.). -- "If Rommel tries to leave Africa he will have a stormy passage across the Sicilian Straits."…

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Bus or Tram Conductress

The Land · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 9

"Reader": Can you please give we particulars regarding employment as a tram or bus conductress? Answer: Applicants for a position as a…

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Police Warning to Motorists on Thefts

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 4

SHORTAGE of tyres and accessories has resulted in an epidemic of thefts from cars, service stations and private garages in the city, it was…

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Woman Struck by Tram

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 5

MRS. BEATRICE McDONALD (36), Manns Avenue, Neutral Bay, was struck by a tram in George Street near Martin Place yesterday. She…

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Woman Struck by Tram

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 5

MRS. BEATRICE McDONALD (36), Manns Avenue, Neutral Bay, was struck by a tram in George Street near Martin Place yesterday. She…

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